Thursday, August 4th, 2016
Eagle, Nebraska
Inside Out
As mentioned, we have broken into night-time
walking. En route to our starting point, an officer stopped us.
Apparently, Mandala (the driver) went 20 miles over the normal speed
through town. Well, it was hard to
notice there was a town. It was tiny.
The officer went through the usual procedure, asking
for papers and license. Mandala complied
and as he was handing over documents, despite the darkness, the officer noticed
the passenger. Up until now it looked
like a $240 fine was coming Mandala’s way.
“Oh, are you the Walking Monk?” the officer
asked. “They told us you were coming
this way.”
Now, I would have to
admit, the officer, from the beginning, was one of those stern and cold types.
Meeting someone different, however, seemed to lighten him up a bit.
Mandala and I were both relieved that, in the end, no
fine was due us. Just waving!
Whew!
Taking to the bike trail, in the dark, after the
trail-end of a tornado storm whipped through the area, was rather exhilarating. I was surprised to walk head-on into a massive spider web with its web-designer crawling all over my
neck. Remember, it was pretty dark, but
that was the worst of it.
I came to one conclusion about self-analysis. There’s more darkness inside of us than what
is outside. I began to chant at that
point, hoping to turn myself inside out.
May the Source be with you!
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